Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-24
SENATOR HEA RsT,s STORY.

A He Relates How He Was Punctured
 By Colony of RattIers.
 From the New York Times.l
 "I was out in Dakota, he said, land there was an old mining friend of mine came to me and wanted me to look at a claim of his. He was broke and had had pretty hard luck, and was willing to help him if could. He said he had a mighty good thing; that he had sunk down fifty feet on a claim and laid bare threefoot ledge that was full of free gold and looked steady, hanging wall and foot wall solid and eleanly marked We'll, we went over to look at it. He had opened it up with a windlass. A couple of China men had done all the work, and they had struck six months before because he hadn't anything to pay lem with. The hole hadn't been touched since then. We'll, there was no water in the shaft, and the rope being good I went down in the bucket to take look at the ledge. I had pick with me and he lowered me. Only one could go down at time, and of course had to go as I was the man that was doing the investigation. Well, the candle I carried went out on the way down, and when the bucket touched I started to light it.
 "When I struck that match don't think was ever quite so scared in my life. You never heard such hissing in all your born days. The fact was that hole was just plump full of rattlesnakes. They were com ing up over the sides of the bucket and their heads were sticking out of the crevices all around me. I knew I was 8 goner, but I hollered to the miner to hoist. Before he could start one big, black fellow struck at my hand and fetched it, and before I could get above them my hands and face were bit don't know how many times. There's nothing 50 horrible as the feeling of snake
 bite. We'll, the miner got me to the sur face, laid me down and poured whiskey
 into me as fast as I could take it. We had about quart with us. Then he went to sucking the wounds best he could, and made me chew up some tobacco and plaster it on some of the others that he hadn't time for. But my arm began to swell up pretty fast and my face turned black, and began to feel a little fighty and deadly sick" and the senator nauseated at the reminiscence, shuddered and stopped with look of disgust.
 ''But you are recovered, senator" yen-
 tured one of the party earnestly.
 "Oh, mo-" said the senator. "That was the worst of it. I died.''
 Master Charley's Smart Sayings From the Boston Record. A certain youngster named Charley, who belongs to the infant class at Sunday school l is the recipient of much biblical training al home. He was too young to learn the regu- lar lesson for his class, but was faithfully l taught verse of scripture, which usually he promptly forgot. On one occasion hi verse was, "Thy heart is not right in the sight of the Lord, |" which he repeated to the teacher with great unction.
 During the week he was discovered in the act of administering summary, though no very judicious, punishment to his baby sis ter. Of course this could not be allowed and in turn the little fellow received good whipping. Enraged and sobbing, the boy left the maternal knee and retired to a cor ner.
 "Mamma,' he cried, tearfully, s'your hear 1 is not right in the sight of the Lord!' This same pious baby went with his pa rents up to Vermont one summer and occu pied a miserable, tumble-down old farm house. One day when he was reproved fo bad behavior he answered with deep sigh 'FWell, grandma, don't see how anybody can live religion in such a horrid old hous, as this!"
 One of Charley's explanations of that sum mer is historical in the family. He had beer very naughty and was imprisoned for ar hour in the kitchen wood box He speedily began amusing himself with chips ant splinters, and was playing quite busily aut happily when neighbor entered the house by way of the kitchen.
 Charley" he cried, "what are you doing there4'
 Nothing" said Charley ''Nothing; but mammals just been having one of her bao spells"